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2120 final report.pdf - Agra CEAS Consulting

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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS TO KEEP LAYING HENStwo different prices become close; by contrast, when prices are high, price differences are moresignificant, since egg processors import shell eggs for breaking.Within the processed egg product sector liquid egg is the most significant single item representing77% of all egg products produced in 2002. In 2001, the food industry used around 28% of the eggproducts produced. As is shown in the chart below the majority of this quantity was consumed bythe cake and biscuit sector.7000060000500004000030000200001000001991 1998 1999 2000 2001Cakes/Biscuit Toast Ice Dessert Pate OtherFigure A1.27: Industrial use of egg products (liquid tonnes) (without "charcuterie")1991-2001Source: ITAVIFor the food service sector in 2001 58% of its egg usage consisted of fresh shell eggs (-6% in fouryears) and the remaining 42% consisted of processed egg products (+9% in four years).A1.5.4. Main egg processorsThe egg products industry is fairly concentrated. Only four groups account for an annual productionof 158,000 tonnes in liquid egg equivalent. These groups are Lionello, the Italian group that boughtOvonor and Caradec, with a capacity of some 50,000 t; IGRECA, with an annual production between40,000 and 45,0000 tonnes (it is the largest European egg powder producer); GLON (incorporatingTrois Vallees and Le Cam), with a total capacity of 33,000 tonnes liquid egg equivalent; La CECAB173

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